Independent mounts a passionate defence of tabloid journalism

The Independent: fan of the red tops. Photograph: Matthew Polak/Sygma/Corbis

Hurrah for the Independent. Surprisingly for one of the newspapers at the forefront of phone-hacking coverage, leading on the escalating scandal for almost two weeks straight, the paper today devotes a double-page spread to a staunch defence of tabloid journalism. "Many tabloid journalists like the idea of an ethical broom sweeping through the industry," it says. Enter the Leveson inquiry.

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